Improvement in portable water-closets



nitiattant' PETTER BERGQVIS-T, OF AUSTIN, MINNESOTA.

Letters Patent No. 112,010, dated February 21, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE WATERCLVOSETS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

Tolcll whom 'it may, concern Be it known that I Pnr'rnn BERGQvrs'r, ofAustin,

in the county oi' Mower and in the State of Minnesota, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Portable Water-Closets; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a i'nll, clear, and exact description ofthesaine,A reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part ofthis specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section.

Figure 3,`a perspective view.

The same letters of reference, where employed in the several figures,indicate identical parts.

The nature of my invention relates to the construction of portablewater-closets from which no disagreeable odor can escape into the roomsin which they are placed. i

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation. Y

Av in the drawing refers to a rectangular box made 0i' wood or any othersuitable material, and employed as a casing for the receiver E.

B forms the top part or seat, constructed in the ordinary manner, andhinged to thebox.

A'is a door, through which the receiver is placed und removed.

A is a rectangular-formed box, serving as a cover' for the receiver G,and also as a footstool for the person occupying the seat B.

A is secured. to the box A by means ot' hooks or my other suitabledevice, and is on one of its sidesV provided with a door A', throughwhich the receiver G -may be placed and removed.

(l is a cover or lid, hinged to the box A, and is at its center providedwith a projection itting'into the aperture in the seat B.

Said projection is covered with India rubber or some other elasticmaterial, C', which extends entirely or partly over the lower' surfaceof the lid C, so that whena the lid C is closed the elastic materialwill rest between the lid and the seat, forming an air-tight joint, andpreventing any odor from escaping.

D is a pipe, which, at one end, is inserted in one of the vert-icalsides ofthe box A, at a height between the top of the receivervEand theseat B,and leads into a chimney or ventilator, throughjwhich the odorarising from the receiver E will escape.

E is a receiver forv the excrements. It is provided, at 0r near itsupper edge, with a cover, which consists of two or more parts.

Fig. 2 in the drawing represents the cover, consisting of two parts, Eand E' is hinged to the inner s ide of the receiver, and, when no weightis resting upon it, it is kept in a horizout-a1 position by n'ieans of aspring,

As the springE" has only tension enough to keep the weight ot' E in ahorizontal position it will allow ll' to assume a downward inclinedposition when any ranged that it may revolve on a pivot at its center,

and balanced so as to occupy a horizontal position in the same level asthe other part of the cover E'.

`E' and do almost touch each other when in aA horizontal position,andform a nearly airtight cover i'or the receiver E.

The dotted lines in iig.,2 indicate an inclined po-l sition of the partsand E'", which they will occupy when discharging any weight which mtyrest upon then.

When relieved of the weight they will immediately assume the horizontalposition, shown in full lines in d". 2.

DF is a vertically-placed tube, provided for the purpose of conducting.the urine into the receiver G;

At its upper end it is -secnred to the lower surface of the seat B, ator near the front of the aperture in the seat.

It is provided with'a mouth or funnel, which extends far enough'overthe. receiver E to collect the lll'llle.

At its lower end the tube F is bent suliiciently to discharge itscont-ents into a receiver, G, which is placed inside the closed box orfootstool A.

The receiver G is provided with au air-tight cover,

and the box A', in which it is placed, is provided with a metallic orIndia-rubber lining, A, as shown in tig. 2.

Figure 3 represents a portable water-closet constructed like a chair,but any other suitable forni may be adopted.

The operation of' my invention is easily understood, and does notrequire any lengthy description.

The excrementtious matter and the urine are separated and discharged inseparate receivers, E and G.

-The receiver G is entirely air-tight, and any disfrom the tube F andthe receiver E into a chimney V or ventilator.

When not in use, the cover C ought to be closed, thus forming a neatlooking piece of furniture, which may serve as an ornament in a room.

Having thus described my invention, In testimony whereof I have signedmy name to Wham I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patthisspecification in. the presence of twosubscribing ent, iswitnesses.

The combination and arrangement of the frames or boxes A and A, linedoyer 4C, receivers, G and E, the latter-provided with a lid. consistingof the two Witnesses: parts E' and E, tube F, and air-pipe D,substantially l J. S. IRGENS, as and for the purpose set forth.

PETTER BERGQVIST.

O. IRGENS.

